. A dictionary of modern gardening. Gardening. commonly surrounded by a thin brick wall: but planks of stone, or plates of slate or cast-iron, are to be preferred. The roof, when necessary, may be sup- ported by iron columns from the middle of the pit, a. " Shelves may be placed against the back wall, b, and occasionally a nar- row-leaved creeper run up the roof, c. We may add, that houses of this de- scription are generally placed east and west against walls, on account of the shelter thereby obtained during winter, when a high degree of heat is kept up within, while the cold is excessiv
. A dictionary of modern gardening. Gardening. commonly surrounded by a thin brick wall: but planks of stone, or plates of slate or cast-iron, are to be preferred. The roof, when necessary, may be sup- ported by iron columns from the middle of the pit, a. " Shelves may be placed against the back wall, b, and occasionally a nar- row-leaved creeper run up the roof, c. We may add, that houses of this de- scription are generally placed east and west against walls, on account of the shelter thereby obtained during winter, when a high degree of heat is kept up within, while the cold is excessive with- ;—Enc. of Gard. But the tank system is far superior to the foregoing; and the following de- tail, given by the Rev. John Huyshe, is so full of information upon the point, that I extract it entire from the Gar- dener's Chronicle:— Fig. "a is the boiler, its top level with the floor of the house, the fireplace being in a back shed. The boiler is small and conical; b L and b 2 are the tanks ; c is a trap-door opening into the tank, to fill the house with steam at pleasure. The arrows indicate the course of the water through the tanks and pipes. The two pipes, though drawn side by side, are really one above the other; the return pipe being, of course, the lower. Above these pipes is a stone shelf. Tank b 1 is made of oak; the other, b 2, of elm. The wood of each is two inches and a half in thickness; and they stand on oak blocks, three inches thick, to raise them from the floor. This tends to prevent their decay, and promotes a freer circulation of hot air. The bot- tom boards are placed the lengthway. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Johnson, George William, 1802-1886; Landreth, David. Philadelphia, Lea and Blanchard
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